To Walk With Lions
by Carl Schultz
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Actor: Hugh Quarshie, Ian Bannen, John Michie, Kerry Fox, Richard HarrisDirector: Carl Schultz
Producer: Gary Howsam
Producer: Gordon Freedman
Producer: Guy Collins
Producer: Hélène Boulay
Writer: Keith Ross Leckie
Writer: Lorenzo Orzari
Writer: Sharon Buckingham
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono; English (Subtitled); English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 108 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2002-12-17
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: 20th Century Fox
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DVD Review: understanding how to walk with lions
Summary: 2 Stars
George Adamson, the famous naturalist who spent his life rehabilitating baby elephants and lions and reintroducing them to the wild is the subject of the movie "To Walk With Lions." As I was doing research about the movie, I found out that it received funding from the Kenyan state and had little to do with Hollywood funding. I thought that was interesting and intelligent on behalf of the Kenyan state and the Wildlife Department (the other state agency that facilitated the shooting of the movie.) Throughout the movie we see breathtaking landscapes, gorgeous animals but also sad and appalling images of slaughtered rhinos and elephants that were killed for their ivory. The movie therefore has a double impact on you: it introduces you to the beautiful sceneries of Kenya and warns you about what still remains the most frequent problem the Kenyan state is confronting with in the national reservations: poaching.
The movie starts with Tony Fitzjohn (John Michie), a British man who likes to pick up and seduce rich female tourists in search for employment. After he loses his job with a safari guide company he looks for any job that will allow him to buy a flight back to England. That is how he meets George and Terrance Adamson and starts working for them as a personal George's personal assistant. As women are his specialty and not lions, he's having troubles in getting used to his new job. While never fully getting used to the lions, he develops a strong friendship with George and his work. Ultimately, he chooses to pick up where George left off (or at least this is what the movie suggests).
Most of the action happens in Kora National Reserve and focuses on minor details in daily life, the return of George's ex-wife, the death of George's brother and the naturalist's unfortunate death. A secondary storyline explores the relationship between Tony and Lucy (Terry Fox), a British Anthropologist who's studying indigenous African ethnic groups.
As I mentioned in the first paragraph the movie is meant to send out two messages. One has to do with what Kenya has to offer, the second with the consequences of poaching. Both are strong messages but the images of dead elephants or rhinos are not for everyone to see as they tend to be quite explicit. The action tends to be quite slow, as not many important events are presented throughout the movie. After the first hour there's not much left to watch. I think the director has focused on some unnecessary details instead of exploring more important and controversial points. Instead of perhaps looking into the clashes between the locals and the Western naturalists, the movie looks at George's eccentricity, or Tony's "rebirth" as a mature and concerned conservationist.
It is a beautiful biographical story, and a well shot movie but not an impressive artistic product.
I'll give it a 4/ 10.
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